TNAG-1532-FCO40-2096-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-closed-camp-policy-1986 — Page 111

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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES : PQ FROM PADDY ASHDOWN MP

WE UNDERSTAND THAT MR PADDY ASHDOWN (YEOVIL) HAS TABLED

THE FOLLOWING QUESTION FOR ORAL ANSWER ON 5 FEBRUARY 1986:

''Q.105: TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND

COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, HOW MANY VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ARE

CURRENTLY IN:

(A) OPEN AND (B) CLOSED CAMPS IN HONG KONG.'

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2. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS QUESTION IS UNLIKELY TO BE REACHED,

BUT YOU WILL WISH TO KNOW THAT ON 27 JANUARY 1986 THERE WERE 9329

REFUGEES IN HONG KONG: 4353 IN OPEN CENTRES, 4173 IN CLOSED CENTRES

AND 88 EX-CHINA CASES AWAITING REPATRIATION TO CHINA.

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